cinnamon-dynamic-wallpaper@TobiZog: Add translation template

[rcalixte]

cc @TobiZog

[TobiZog]

Hi!

I want to translate the items in the .glade file. But the cinnamon-spices-makepot ignores the Glade file. Do you know why?

[rcalixte]

Hi!

I want to translate the items in the .glade file. But the cinnamon-spices-makepot ignores the Glade file. Do you know why?

It just needs to be configured to include those files. As of right now, I believe it checks for gettext strings in Python and JavaScript files. Let me take a look and see what we can do for you here.

[rcalixte]

@TobiZog We just need to test with the UI to see if the strings are properly translated. If so, I'll get started on the modified script so that it will be here for future updates.

[TobiZog]

@TobiZog We just need to test with the UI to see if the strings are properly translated. If so, I'll get started on the modified script so that it will be here for future updates.

I will test it.

[TobiZog]

Ok, I try to test it. So, at first, I want to test the basic translation. I created a translation file for German, changed the system language to "German, Germany" and add it to the folder. I used your Spanish file. But the description in the "Extension" window doesn't change. Did I miss something?

Here is the config file:

# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
# Copyright (C) YEAR THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER
# This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package.
# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
#
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: \n"
"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-02-04 19:17+0100\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2024-02-04 20:00+0100\n"
"Last-Translator: \n"
"Language-Team: \n"
"Language: de\n"
"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
"X-Generator: Poedit 3.4.2\n"

#: 5.4/extension.js:127
msgid "Open settings"
msgstr "Einstellungen öffnen"

#. metadata.json->name
msgid "Cinnamon Dynamic Wallpaper"
msgstr "Cinnamon Dynamic Wallpaper"

#. metadata.json->description
msgid ""
"Cinnamon extension for dynamic desktop backgrounds based on time and location"
msgstr ""
"Cinnamon Erweiterung für dynamische Desktop Hintergründe basierend auf Zeit und Ort."

[rcalixte]

Ok, I try to test it. So, at first, I want to test the basic translation. I created a translation file for German, changed the system language to "German, Germany" and add it to the folder. I used your Spanish file. But the description in the "Extension" window doesn't change. Did I miss something?

The compiled .mo files need to be installed. This is where the translations are actually pulled from. You can run ./cinnamon-spices-makepot cinnamon-dynamic-wallpaper@TobiZog -i to test and then ./cinnamon-spices-makepot cinnamon-dynamic-wallpaper@TobiZog -r once you're done.

[TobiZog]

After a little bit of testing, it worked now!

For future developer, who find this. You have to add this to your python code:

UUID = "cinnamon-dynamic-wallpaper@TobiZog" # Add your UUID

localeDir = os.path.expanduser("~") + "/.local/share/locale"
locale.bindtextdomain(UUID, localeDir)

class Window:
    def __init__(self):
        self.builder = Gtk.Builder()
	self.builder.set_translation_domain(UUID)
	self.builder.add_from_file(self.view_model.GLADE_URI)
        self.builder.connect_signals(self)

[rcalixte]

You can take a look at the code in this PR too. You may still need to create the helper function. Feel free to open the change for this extension when you're ready!